2022 Michigan House of Representatives election

2022 Michigan House of Representatives election[1]

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All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives
56 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Donna Lasinski (term-limited) Jason Wentworth (term-limited)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 13, 2021 January 13, 2021
Leader's seat 52nd District 77th District
Last election 52 58
Seats before 53 57
Seats after 56 54
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 2,179,190 2,121,890
Percentage 50.56% 49.23%
Swing Increase0.70% Decrease0.37%

     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Democratic:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Republican:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Speaker before election

Jason Wentworth
Republican

Elected Speaker

Joe Tate
Democratic

An election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including governor, State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.[2] Democrats won a majority of 56 out of 110 seats, winning control of the chamber for the first time since 2008.[3]

  1. ^ "2022 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/08/2022". Michigan.gov. Michigan Department of State. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "SOS - Elections". www.michigan.gov. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Perkins, Tom (November 17, 2022). "How Michigan Democrats took control for the first time in decades". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 29, 2023.